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(dɪsmɪsɪv)
adjective
If you are dismissive of someone or something, you say or show that you think they are not important or have no value.
Mr Jones was dismissive of the report, saying it was riddled with inaccuracies. [+ of]
...the dismissive attitude some doctors take to homeopathic medicine.
Synonyms: contemptuous, scornful, disdainful, insulting More Synonyms of dismissive
dismissively adverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
'Forget it,' he replied dismissively.

dismissive in American English

(dɪsˈmɪsɪv)
adjective
1.  Rare
dismissing or expressing dismissal
2. 
haughty and contemptuous, condescending, etc. in dismissing from consideration
Derived forms
dismissively (disˈmissively)
adverb

Examples of 'dismissive' in a sentence
dismissive

The Kremlin was equally dismissive.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That sort of dismissive attitude to a woman in pain and terror is shameful.
The Sun (2009)
He might also learn first hand what angry squaddies think of his dismissive attitude towards them.
The Sun (2008)
He is dismissive of the idea.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He is equally dismissive of suggestions that books such as his often trigger yo-yo dieting.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The Frenchman is dismissive of the idea.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I hope that this book will help to correct this dismissive attitude.
Rotundo, E. Anthony American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the ModernEra (1993)
Their dismissive attitude was surprising.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
THE police's dismissive attitude to domestic violence is a national disgrace.
The Sun (2014)
We've interpreted it for them already, often in a dismissive way.
Christianity Today (2000)
He is also dismissive of much contemporary theatre, primarily American.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is, sadly, also rather dismissive of the butter dish.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The Americans had already been dismissive of his suggestion of a no-fly zone over the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You've been dismissive of the idea of work-life balance.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
JC Flowers' attitude is oddly dismissive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

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dismissive

British English: dismissive ADJECTIVE
If you are dismissive of someone or something, you say or show that you think they are not important or have no value.
He was dismissive of the report, saying it was riddled with inaccuracies.
  • American English: dismissive
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desdenhoso
  • Chinese: 不屑一顾的
  • European Spanish: displicente
  • French: dédaigneux
  • German: abweisend
  • Italian: che dà scarsa importanza
  • Japanese: 拒否するような
  • Korean: 무시하는
  • European Portuguese: desdenhoso
  • Latin American Spanish: indiferente

(adjective) 
He was highly dismissive of the report.
Synonyms
contemptuous
She gave a contemptuous little laugh and walked away.
scornful
a scornful smile
disdainful
He gave us a disdainful glance and moved on.
insulting
One of the workers made an insulting remark to a supervisor.
sneering
derisive
He gave a short, derisive laugh.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of derisive
Definition
mocking or scornful
He gave a short, derisive laugh.
Synonyms
mocking,
ridiculing,
jeering,
taunting,
scoffing,
contemptuous,
scornful
in the sense of disdainful
He gave us a disdainful glance and moved on.
Synonyms
contemptuous,
scornful,
arrogant,
superior,
proud,
sneering,
aloof,
haughty,
derisive,
supercilious,
high and mighty (informal),
hoity-toity (informal),
turning up your nose (at),
on your high horse (informal),
looking down your nose (at)
in the sense of insulting
One of the workers made an insulting remark to a supervisor.
Synonyms
offensive,
rude,
abusive,
slighting,
degrading,
affronting,
contemptuous,
disparaging,
scurrilous,
insolent

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